Where does “sepikkä” come from?

sepikkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish seppä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *seppä, from Proto-Uralic śeppä — skilled.

sepikkä (Finnish): any beetle in the family Eucnemidae

Definitions

  1. any beetle in the family Eucnemidae

Ancestry of “sepikkä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseppäsmith, blacksmith; click beetle
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*seppä—
3Proto-Uralicśeppäskilled
Every word from Proto-Uralic śeppä →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *seppä →Every word from Finnish seppä →